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Aerial photography’s surprising role in history

Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Research by Paula Amad, associate professor and department chair of the Department of Cinematic Arts, is quoted in an article by Time magazine about the history of aerial imaging.

UI-developed technology diagnoses leading cause of blindness

Tuesday, June 26, 2018
University of Iowa Health Care patients are the first in the nation to have access to a new technology that uses artificial intelligence to diagnose diabetic retinopathy. The technology, IDx-DR, is the only medical device authorized by the FDA that uses AI for the autonomous detection of diabetic retinopathy.

UI's Cher Carney talks driving safety for teens with WalletHub

Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Cher Carney, senior research associate at the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator, was featured recently in an article about teen drivers on WalletHub. The article, "2018's Best & Worst States for Teen Drivers," featured Carney's expertise in teen driving behavior, including tips for parents of teen drivers.

Study finds possible link between autism, food allergies

Wednesday, June 20, 2018
A study from the University of Iowa College of Public Health and Carver College of Medicine published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) finds that children who have autism spectrum disorder are twice as likely to suffer from food allergies than children who do not have autism.

UI starts business to sell medical devices designed by university students, faculty

Tuesday, June 12, 2018
IowaMADE sells surgical devices developed and designed by UI faculty and students.

Study finds children with autism more likely to have food allergies than children who do not

Tuesday, June 12, 2018
A study from the UI College of Public Health finds that children with autism spectrum disorder are more than twice as likely to have food allergies than children who do not have ASD, though it did was not able to determine if the two are linked.

Children with autism twice as likely to suffer from food allergies as children who do not have the disease

Tuesday, June 12, 2018
A study from the University of Iowa College of Public Health finds that children who have autism spectrum disorder are more likely to have allergies than children who do not, and are more than twice as likely to have food allergies.

UI participating in national program to build personal medicine database

Wednesday, June 6, 2018
The UI College of Public Health, Roy J. and Licille A. Carver College of Medicine, and Hardin Library for the Health Sciences are part of a federal program that seeks to build a DNA database of more than 1 million Americans that would be used to develop precision medicine.

More adults trying e-cigarettes, fewer keep using them

Wednesday, June 6, 2018
A study led by Wei Bao of the UI College of Public Health finds 1 in 7 adult Americans have tried e-cigarettes, but fewer people are continuing to use the devices.

UI student hopes tractor simulation study makes roads safer for farmers

Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Kayla Faust, a graduate student in the UI College of Public Health, is using the university's National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) for a research study that hopes to reduce the number of crashes involving agricultural vehicles on rural roads.